Perch-support.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

F. E. HEIERDING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed December 5, 1905, Serial No. 290,442.

To all whom, iv may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E. HEIERDING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oklahoma, in the county of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory,have invented a new and useful Perch-Support, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to perch-supports, and has for an object toprovide a device of the class embodying new and improved features ofdurability, economy, simplicity, and efficiency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a support for a perchembodying a cup to be filled with powder, oil, or other approvedinsect-killing substance, above which the perch is supported and whichmay be readily and conveniently removed for cleaning or other purposes.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in theform, proportion, size, and minor details may be made without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedperch-support in operative position. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewof the perch-support.

Like characters of reference indicate corre-' sponding parts in bothfigures of the drawings.

In its preferred embodiment the improved perch-support forming thesubject-matter of this application comprises a bracket 10 of anyapproved form for attachment, as to the wall 11, and carrying a ring 12outstanding therefrom.

The bracket may be secured and used with the ring either side up, andtherein is disposed a cup 13, having a bead or shoulder 14 to preventits passing entirely through the ring and being internally dished, asindicated at 15, or in any approved form. Upstanding in the center ofthe cup is an inverted frustoconical stud 16, with a spindle 17 formingan upstanding axial continuation and defining a shoulder 18. Upon thespindle is disposed a covering-disk 19, contacting with and resting uponthe shoulder and of a diameter equal. to or greater than the cup. Uponthe spindle and resting upon the disk is one end of a perch 20, whichextends any approved distance and is carried at its opposite end upon asimilar support.

By providing an upstanding stud which is in the form of an inverted conefrustum the inclined surface thereof tends to hold insects under thesurface of the liquid contained in the cup. It also constitutes anadditional barrier to the passage of insects from the cup to the perchand reduces to the minimum the quantity of liquid necessary to properlyfill the cup.

From the foregoing description it is believed the use, operation, andadvantages of the improved perch-support will be fully and clearlyunderstood and appreciated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. Aperch-support comprising a bracket having an integral supporting-armprovided with a ring, a cup surrounded and supported by the ring andhaving an inverted frustoconical stud therein and extending therefrom,and integral therewith and a perch-engaging spindle upstanding from thestud.

2. A perch-support comprising a bracket having an integralsupporting-arm provided with a ring, a cup surrounded and supported bythe ring and having an inverted frustoconical stud therein and extendingthere from, and integral therewith, a coveringdisk mounted upon the studand extending beyond the periphery of the cup, and a perchengagingspindle upstanding from the stud and engaging the disk.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRED E. HEIERDING.

WVitnesses:

SAMUEL MURPHY, GEORGE D. BAKER.

